Bean

For any mac users out there, I thought I'd highlight the existence of Bean, a little word processing application. I have to admit that I'm struggling to put my finger on what it is I really like about it, but I can say it's a quick alternative to OpenOffice.org and will do most of the things you need it to do.

If I were to pick some nice features, there is a nice toolbar for paragraph formatting with sliders which allow the text body to update while you use them, and also there's a pretty funky live word count that I find useful from an obsessive "how many words have I to go" sort of perspective...

(The logo is also a cup of coffee. Is it possible that's enough to affect me?)